You know that feeling when you see a new trend and dismiss it out-of-hand thinking it won't suit me, then a while later you catch yourself admiring how it’s been styled, and this continues till you wake up one day and find yourself wanting the exact thing you were sure wouldn't suit you? Well that's me today and the item in question is a pair of biker boots.

As a (moonlighting) fashion blogger you’d anticipate an obvious interest in clothes, but in addition to my ever growing wardrobe, I remain to this day, an accessories girl at heart. It was this love of accessories that resulted in my stumbling across the Zalando website recently. Strictly it involved a pair of purple shoes and the name ‘Michael Kors’, but whatever the reason, I landed on Zalando's website and decided to spend some time browsing.

It undoubtedly goes without saying that I'm a big fan of designer fashion, but buying designer items is something that I consider a once-in-a-while treat, rather than a daily luxury. Most of my actual clothes come from Mint Velvet the high street and fairly frequently from Sainsbury’s TU range.

For the most part items on my ‘wishlist’ are normally confined to the shopping section of my site, but in the case of Avenue32 I felt the need to make an exception. Avenue32 is a fairly recent discovery for me (behind the trend as always!), but one I’m especially glad I made. While I’m a huge fan of the infinitely-stocked online retail giants, I delight in browsing smaller online boutiques that add a pinch of personality to their collection edits. Avenue32 encompasses this smaller store individuality perfectly; alongside mainstream brands such as 3.1 Phillip Lim (check out the 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli bags!), they stock an eclectic mix of up-and-coming designers such as Ginny Litscher and Mother of Pearl.

One of my favourite features of the site is the organising of items in the ‘What’s New’ section by colour. There’s just something so aesthetically pleasing about this, most likely enhanced by my perpetual wish to organise my own wardrobe with such proficiency!

The weather may be wintery and miserable outside, but my mind is firmly set in spring mode. Maybe it’s the post-fashion week blues or longer daylight hours that’s caused my seasonal clock to skip a beat, or perhaps it the flurry of new season stock arriving at my favourite stores? I’m inclined to think it has more to do with the latter and my desire to shrug off my dull winterey threads in favour of new pastels and prints.